Butler County's sheriff said his office will review the homicide case of Chelsea Johnson. Johnson was found dead just over two years ago after going missing during a trip to a store. Fairfield police named a friend of Johnson's family, George Davis, a person of interest, but the Butler County prosecutor says the police department's investigation isn't complete enough for him to accept the case.

hard and fast and furious) OPENING A NEW INVESTIGATION..... AND OFFERING A FRESH SET OF EYES. THAT'S WHAT THE BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS HE'S DOING --- IN HOPES OF SOLVING A 2- YEAR-OLD MURDER CASE. GOOD EVENING. I'M SHEREE PAOLELLO. AND I'M MIKE DARDIS. SHERIFF JONES SAYS HE'S NOT AFRAID OF RUFFLING FEATHERS. HE SAYS HE'S JUST DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR CHELSEA JOHNSON'S FAMILY. THE 15-YEAR-OLD WAS FOUND DEAD IN A CREEK IN FAIRFIELD. WLWT NEWS FIVE'S KARIN JOHNSON HAS MORE ON THE UNORTHODOX MOVE. KARIN. THIS MOVE HAS DEFINITELY CREATED TENSION. IT'S NOT TOO OFTEN YOU HEAR A SHERIFF IS OPENING HIS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO A CASE ANOTHER AGENCY HASN'T SOLVED. BUT JONES SAYS... HE'S DOING IT FOR CHELSEA JOHNSON'S FAMILY. (VICKY FIBLE/MOTHER: we need some help. somebody!) THEY PLEADED FOR AN OUTSIDE AGENCY TO STEP IN. (PHIL JOHNSON/GRANDFA THER: if nothing else, the butler county sheriff's department.) AFTER PROTESTING ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS LAST WEEK... CHELSEA JOHNSON'S FAMILY IS GETTING WHAT THEY ASKED FOR. (SHERIFF RICHARD JONES/BUTLER COUNTY: the family just wants closure, you can't blame the family) SHERIFF JONES... IS STEPPING IN! HIS OFFICE IS NOW INVESTIGATING JOHNSON'S MURDER. THE 15 YEAR OLD WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN A FAIRFIELD CREEK BED. (JONES: if you look at my major, my capt, my lt, my detectives, I bet you're looking at 2-300 years of experience in homicides) EXPERIENCE... AND FRESH EYES... JONES SAYS MAY CLOSE THE BOOK ON THE 2-YEAR-OLD CASE. (JONES: we're working on this case with the prosecutors office and with the coroners office and we're looking at different avenues. We're looking at what fairfield has done and we're going to see if there's anything that we can add to it) AS YOU FIRST SAW ON WLWT DOT COM... JOHNSON'S FAMILY WAS UPSET BECAUSE FAIRFIELD POLICE SAID THEY WERE CERTAIN THEY KNOW WHO KILLED CHELSEA... BUT THE PROSECUTOR REFUSED TO TAKE THE CASE, CALLING THE INVESTIGATION INCOMPLETE. (PHIL JOHNSON: we need to get the finger pointing out of the way.) THE FAMILY CALLED ON THE SHERIFF... AND JONES AGREED TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE. WHETHER HE'S STEPPING ON TOES BY ENTERING FAIRFIELD'S TERRITORY... (JONES: they're a very fine police department, very capable police department. We're just going to look at it from a different viewpoint) JONES SAYS HIS DETECTIVES WORKED ON THIS CASE THROUGHOUT EASTER WEEKEND. HE WOULD NOT COMMENT ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE INVESTIGATION... OR SAY IF HE THINKS GEORGE DAVIS--THE MAN FAIRFIELD POLICE NAMED A PERSON OF INTERESTED-- IS INVOLVED IN CHELSEA'S DEATH. BACK TO YOU. FAIRFIELD POLICE ONLY ISSUED A WRITTEN PRESS RELEASE IN RESPONSE TO TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT... SAYING ... ALL AGENCIES WILL WORK TOGETHER.... TO BRING THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JOHNSON'S DEATH... TO JUSTICE.

A Mexican photojournalist who left the state he worked in because of threats was among five people found shot to death in a Mexico City apartment this weekend, officials and press freedom advocacy groups said.